Europe flight questions...

[munitalP]

I am making a few changes to my schedule for Feb in Germany, here's my problem, from FRA we are driving to a number of meetings in Germany and Austria.

My last meeting is in GRZ at lunchtime Wed. I need to be in Lyon on Thursday AM for a meeting...

I fly out of Paris at 0750 (CDG) to LHR on Friday.

I can drop my GRZ meeting in favour of leaving LNZ on Wed morning, however, would prefer not to do this...

I cannot extend my stay in Europe any longer as I have family stuff to do in Manchester Friday, Saturday and Sunday (I leave LHR at 1840 Sun to HKG)

All my previous planning has gone astray because of being awarded a good sized contract!! (BTW, that is a good thing )

OK, what options do I have?

Drive, Train or fly. I was thinking from GRZ to drive to Munich or even back to Vienna to get to a larger hub airport - either way it is a 2 hour drive.

I have spent a few hours trawling the net for an easy solution to my problem, alas, there doesn't seem to be one.... Any suggestions?

Mr!

 

[stryker]

Well, Munital, this may be an inexpensive answer to your problem.

Fly Graz-Stansted via Ryanair on the Wednesday:
Regular Fare
Adult

0.00 EUR​

Wed, 18 Feb 09
FlightFR 5733
14:40 Depart
15:45 Arrive

Fly Easyjet Stansted-Lyon on the Thursday:

London Stansted to Lyon: February Thu 19 February £24.99
dep. 07:15, arr. 10:00

Stay overnight at the Travelodge Stansted Great Dunmow for GBP 19 and you have a great solution, which will cost you less than GBP 100 in total.

Maybe a bit too down market for you?

 

[medhead]

OK, what options do I have?

Drive, Train or fly. I was thinking from GRZ to drive to Munich or even back to Vienna to get to a larger hub airport - either way it is a 2 hour drive.

I have spent a few hours trawling the net for an easy solution to my problem, alas, there doesn't seem to be one.... Any suggestions?

Mr!

According to google earth it is about 300+ lm to Munich to anout 160 km to Vienna. I'd guess driving to Vienna is your best better.

Train wise DB-Konzern - Startseite is showing hourly train Graz to Vienna on 11 Feb - a random wednesday, these take 2 hour 40 minutes. Train to munich is about 6 hours. So best bet drive to Vienna.

Then the next question is the flight. Are there flights Vienna to Lyon? If not consider flying to Paris or Marseilles, these are both about 2 hours by TGV from Lyon

 

[munitalP]

Thanks for the replys...

Stryker - love your work! I have sent the details of them flights to my TA for additions, I am also ammending the Paris/London to a slightly later fligh to get a few hours of daylight in Paris at least!

Now to change the hire car bookings etc...

Med, I must have had a brain fart to think that Munich was a couple of hours drive away, Vienna is, but I am going to give Strykers ideas a shot. Lucky for me I have a GB passport I can use, will make two transits into GB in under 24 hours easy.

Cheers

Mr!

 

[mcm72]

If $$ is not an issue,,
You could always hire a Helicopter :mrgreen:

 

[munitalP]

If $$ is no an issue,,
You could always hire a Helicopter :mrgreen:

Would go a G3 before a H500

Mr!

 

[munitalP]

Hey ya'll

Booked the Ryan and the EasyJet flights today - I was surprised that the use of the visa cost, luggage cost - anyway, after all of these costs, it was still cheaper than driving or using lufthansa.

Thanks for the info - now I just have to find a rail booking site to book Lyon to Paris.

I also added Manchester into my explorer fare - no extra cost! I was impressed!!

Mr!

 

[medhead]

SNCF is the french national carrier.

You could try www.voyages-sncf.com

I usually use www.db.de but have never booked with them and they don't always have the option to book.

Otherwise, I have had qantas travel book trains, maybe an agent could do it for you in Oz

Or check about post #24 in this tread http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/community/your-questions/getting-around-in-the-uk-15697-3.html Inparticular the website man in seat sixty-one which jas links to training booking sites.